Attachment for cultivator-shields



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J. T, DOWNEY 8v G. P. PUNKHOUSER.

ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATGR SHIELDS.

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JOHN T. DOVNEY AND GEORGE P. FUNKHOUSER, OF ILATTSBURG, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATOR-SHIELDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent. No. 393,099, datedNovember 20, 1888.

Application tiled August S1, lSB. Serial No. QSTLRBT. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN T. DOWNEY and GEORGE l). FUNKHoUsER, ofPlattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and Improved Attachment for Cultivator-Shields, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an attachment for cultivator-shields, and hasfor its obj ect to provide a means whereby the attachment may be readilyconnected to the arch of the eultivator, whether the same be vertical orhorizontal; and the further object of the invention is to provide ameans whereby the shield may be carried to the right or the left, asdesired, and raised or lowered to any height required by the conditionof the ground.

rlhe invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to beshad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a side elevation ofthe cultivatorshield and attachmentpartially in section, the cultivator being illustrated in verticalsection in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the said shield andthe attachment, the cultivator being in dotted lines and the axle insection; and Fig. 3 is an end view of the shield and attach` nient alsoof the cultivator.

In carrying out the invention, A represents a cultivator-shield, whichmay be of any approved eonstruetion, and B a divided tongue pivoted tothe forward end of the said shield, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thetongue B, which may be constructed of either wood or metal, consists,preferably, of a long section, b, and a short section, b.

Each end of the long section b is provided with an eye, Z, the eye inthe rear end being adapted to receive a. bolt passing through theshield, whereby the connection between the shield and the tongue iseffected, and the forward eye is purposed to engage with a similar eye,b3, formed at the end of the short section b, which section isalsoprovided with an eye at its opposite end.

The arch D of the cultivator, which is represented in dotted lines inthe drawings, is adapted to be embraced by two independent metal clamps,D-, which clamps arepreferably constructed of strap-iron, having one endbent upon itself to form the hook d.

When the hooks are madeY to engage with the arch'of the eultivator, theextremity of the hook and the body are united through the medium of abolt or bolts provided with suitable nuts, as best shown in Figs. 2 and3, and the hooks are held in place by set-screws d.

To each of the clamps D', at the extremity of the body, ahorizontally-slotted plate, E, is attached, adapted to project outwardfrom the body of the hook, in essentially the same plane therewith. Theslots of the plates E are produced in the side and extend through thesame, the plates of each clamp being preferably of the same length. A

Instead of employing a plate and slotting the same, a piece of stoutwire or rod metal may be bent upon itself to form a'link, and the saidlink is attached to the clamp in any approved manner, as bestillustratedin Fig. 2.

A threaded rod, Il, is passed through the slots of the plates or links Eafter they have been placed one upon the other, and the said plates orlinks are held essentially in contact by nuts 7L, entered upon the saidscrew-rod at each side of the plates, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

rlhe screw-rod H is provided at one end with an eye adapted to interlockwith the outer eye in the short section b of the tongue B.

It will thus be observed that by adjusting the nuts 7L on the plates orlinks E the threaded lrod H may be raised or lowered in the said platesin a convenient and expeditious manner, whereby the shield may throughthe medium of the tongue B be also raised or lowered to any desiredheight required by the condition ofthe ground, and the said adjustmentalso permits the shield to be attached to various styles of cultivators,and by reason of the divided tongue B the said shield may be ad justedto either side or be setto travel between the wheels of the cultivator.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a coltivatorshield and a sectional pivotedtongue attached thereto,of clamps consisting of a piece of metal bent toa hook shape at one end and provided with a bolt uniting the extremityofthe hook and the body of the clamp, a longitudinal 15 slotted plate orlink secured to :the lower end of the clamp, a threaded bolt passingthrough the said plate pivoted to the tongue, and locknuts engaging theouter surface of the said slotted plate, substantially als shown and de-2o scribed, whereby the shield may be adjusted vertically and laterally,as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN T. DOWNEY. GEORGE P. FUNKHOUSER. Witnesses:

OHAs. L. PORTER,

CHRS. W. FERGUSON.

